BIN men tackled the flames when their Halton Council refuse wagon caught fire.
A blaze broke out on the underside of their vehicle on Monday afternoon.
"It could have been quite nasty but the guys on the wagon slowed the fire down by using their own extinguishers," said sub officer Mike Clark.
"They did a good job. We saved the vehicle from completely going ablaze."
It happened at the junction of Castlefields Avenue South and Halton Brow at 2.20pm.
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